#A227A2#A227A2

#A227A2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.207 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A227A2
RGB	rgb(162, 39, 162)
HSL	hsl(300, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(300, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.80, 62.83, -39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.80, 74.18, 327.89°)
OKLab	oklab(51.7% 0.1754 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(51.7% 0.207 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1471, 11.7427, 35.2755)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A227A2 #27A227

analogous

#6527A2 #A227A2 #A22765

triadic

#A227A2 #A2A227 #27A2A2

tetradic

#A227A2 #A26527 #27A227 #2765A2

square

#A227A2 #A26527 #27A227 #2765A2

split-complementary

#A227A2 #65A227 #27A265

monochromatic

#3F0F3F #711B71 #A227A2 #CF37CF #DB69DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#A227A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#A227A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A227A2

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A227A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A227A2	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0856A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A669F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A73B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a227a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 39, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.207 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16fbe',
    500: '#a227a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a227a2;
$custom-light: #c16fbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a227a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51704,
    "c": 0.20663,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A227A2

secondary

#64C164

accent

#E44343

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A227A2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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